I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Cognizant in Nov 2024
Interview
It was through campus placement, there were multiple rounds, mostly online, initial screening through resume then a communication round, then aptitude and technical, and at last an offline interview. Aptitude round has the general apti questions plus a games section where we have to solve time based logical puzzles.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was asked about python and SQL, basic to intermediate question. They keep increasing the level of question as you answer. Its an hands-on round and they tell you do the things on their system.
mostly ask questions related to Java and two question related to SQL1 is query and one is theoretical question and basic of oops and asked one coding question related to Java an SQL query is find the second highest salary in employee table
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
oops,java,sql,one coding question,dbmsmostly ask questions related to Java and two question related to SQL1 is query and one is theoretical question and basic of oops and asked one coding question related to Java an SQL query is find the second highest salary in employee table
The interview focused heavily on my projects, asking about design decisions, challenges, and real-world use cases. I had to explain my thought process clearly. It was a practical and insightful experience that tested genuine understanding.
4 rounds before the interview which inckuded - 2 oa - 1st aptitude ,2nd technical, then 3rd coding round then voice assesment after clearing all these i got selected for interview , then hr then for a formality there was a bot interview in which i faced technical error and i got rejected after clearing 5-6 rounds they reject my application my efforts because of the system error